Hodor and Bran Stark won't be in 'Game of Thrones' season 5

(RollingStone.com) -- A sad "Game of Thrones" spoiler alert ahead: Everyone's favorite friendly giant, Hodor, and his best buddy, Bran Stark, will not appear in the show's upcoming fifth season, according to actor Kristian Nairn.

"We're not actually in season five, by the way," Nairn told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. "We have a season off. We have a year's hiatus ... Solely because, I imagine, our storyline is up to the end of the books."